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Dilip Cherian | Executive’s job to balance govt’s EV dream with...

Tesla’s potential entry into India, the return of the BJP to power in Delhi, and the extension of Chief Economic Adviser...

26 Feb 2025 10:57 PM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Trump’s Ukraine gambit to make Europe the real...

Trump’s $500B “payback” demand for Ukraine sparks concerns of US economic control; Europe debates security measures amid...

26 Feb 2025 10:49 PM IST

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Ketan | From test-takers to test-makers: How to boost India’s edu...

Numerous other exams like the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and various state...

22 Feb 2025 11:33 PM IST

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Manish Tewari | India and the global AI race: Winning strategies

Smaller nations such as South Korea and Israel are carving out their own AI niches, focusing on hardware, cyber...

22 Feb 2025 11:31 PM IST

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Ranjona Banerji | Is a foolish ‘friend’ worse than a ghosting frenemy?

The more intelligent people are, the more difficult I find it to excuse their stupidity

22 Feb 2025 11:24 PM IST

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Shobhaa De | Oooyi Amma… Help! We’re lost and confused, judges…

22 Feb 2025 12:33 AM IST

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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Rebuild, but don’t displace: Will world...

I was certainly aware that Israel had been established after Hitler’s Holocaust, but didn’t connect it with Balfour’s...

22 Feb 2025 12:30 AM IST

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Pavan K. Varma | Clean Air Not A Luxury, Why Govt Not Effecting...

When the Air Quality Index (AQI) regularly breaches ‘severe’ and ‘hazardous’ categories exceeding 450 — levels that...

21 Dec 2025 12:24 AM IST

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Anita Katyal | Gadkari Repeats Atal Amity Mantra; Was Modi First To...

The Bharatiya Janata Party finally picked current president J.P. Nadda’s successor. Five-time MLA and Bihar minister...

21 Dec 2025 12:11 AM IST

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Ranjona Banerji | Why I’m Not Booking My Next Holiday To Barcelona

But the people of Barcelona don’t want me. Not me specifically. I mean, I hope not

20 Dec 2025 11:40 PM IST

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Dev 360 | Clean Air As Privilege: It’s India’s Hidden Inequality |...

Why is India -- so vocal on climate change and greenhouse gases -- in mute mode on domestic air pollution? It is now a...

20 Dec 2025 2:13 AM IST

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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | There’s Nothing ‘Christian’ About Spewing Hate...

Growing up in India, one couldn’t not know about dharma and karma, but the understanding of these came woven into myths...

20 Dec 2025 2:04 AM IST